The report into the top Army agent in the IRA codenamed Stakeknife, linked to 18 murders, will be released
A report on a major investigation into an Army spy who operated at the heart of the IRA during the Northern Ireland troubles is to be published later.
He joined the IRA in the 1970s and towards the end of that decade was recruited by the Army as an agent. The IRA unit that Scappaticci was part of was known as the "nutting squad" and its chief purpose was to identify informers.Crucially, Mr Boutcher's team looked at the conduct of Stakeknife's handlers in the Army, as well as the security service, MI5.Fred Scappaticci left Northern Ireland in 2003 when he was identified by the media as Stakeknife
But as a result, he has said he has been able to search records "not previously given" to earlier investigations.More than 300 people were interviewed, 40 of them under caution.As a result of an associated search, he was charged with, and admitted to, possessing extreme pornographic images., before the Public Prosecution Service had made decisions on files submitted by Kenova relating to 17 murders and 12 abductions, which occurred between 1979 and 1994.
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